[Unreal] Ancient City Project (advice is welcomed)

Raiku5678 · Apr 2019

For this project, I wanted to create a ruined city that had become overgrown. I made two scenes, one was day time while the other was night time. I wanted the city to be fairly realistic but still maintain a fantasy feeling. I found it difficult to combine the two different styles. Another hard part of this project was working with plants. I had not worked with plants much until this project. The plants made lighting the area more difficult for both scenes. Everything in this environment was modeled and textured by me. However, I used the water textures provided by Unreal solely due to time constraints. Overall, this project tested my abilities to create and light the beautiful vestiges of an ancient city. I would be very grateful for any advice as well as critiques to this project.
Main shot

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Main Shot 2

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Shot 3

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Shot 4

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Lilypad area Shot

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Looking into City

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Unique Shot

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Night Time Version
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Main Shot 2

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Shot 3

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Shot 4

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Lilypad area Shot

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Looking into City

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Unique Shot

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Models
Buildings

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Plants
Ivys

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Lilypads and Lotus Flower

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Flowers, Bushes, Ferns, and Tall Grass

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Tree

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I recently have been updating this project. These next pictures are the recent updates I have added the night version will come once I am done with the Day time ones. Just to note I am still working on the Trees in these shots.
Updated
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